Combined accelerator and foot-rest.



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` fmend Dec. 4,191?.y

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"T. 1. ANDERSON'.

COMBINED ACCELERATOR AND F.0O REST.

APPLlcAnon FILED rim-19.1911.

Patented Dec, .4, 191? denotes the floor ofthe car'adjacent to the i UNITED] STATES entrena* OFFICE.

'ToRvA-.L .1. ANDERSON, or nooxaiife, WISCONSIN.

eomiimnn Connie-neuron AND room-REST.

Tall 'fo/1,0m 'it may concern:

` Be it known `that I, TonvAL J. ANDERSON, citizen of ythe United' States, residing at Rockdale, in the county of Dane and State ot Wisconsin, have invented new and useful 'Improvements in Combined Accelerators and Foot-Rests, of which the following is a specification'.

This invention relates to devices for controlling the speed of automobiles and other motor vehicles which are driven by an internal-combustion engine, and more particularly to the part known asthe accelerator' pedal which is connected to the throttle for actuating the same to control 'the fuel sup ply to' the engine andthus regulate the speed of the latter.

The invention has tor its object to provide an accelerator which can also he used as a toot rest without of actuating the throttle, and 4also to provide a structure having a wide range of adjustability. l

.A further object of theinvention is to provide an accelerator' which can be set to a predetermined maximum throttle open- 'ing, thereby preventing new and inexperiencedl drivers from making excessive speeds, and racing the engine when starting or stopping. l i` The objects stated are attained byineans of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter ldescribed and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had. to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification. f

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device; F ig. 2 is a front elevation thereof ;.A Fig. 3ds a horizontal section on the line 34-3-0 Figl; Fig. @L is an enlarged vertical section on the linee-.4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a horizontal. section on the line 5&5 of Fig. 4, and .i Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of a plvot bolt. Referring specifically to the drawings, 10

drivcrs seat. In this portion of the floor are made openings 11 and 12, and" on top of the floor is'xed a metal plate 13 having openings which register with the floor openf ings.

In the {ioor opening 11 and the correspond-4 and secure Specification of Letters Patent.

through 1which the stem 17 passes.

of the floor plate 13 is mounted bybolts 14, a bearing block 15 Y Patented Pee. 4, 1917.

Application filed February 19, 131'?. Serial No. 149,519.

having a series of. openings 16 located-tintercnt distances from its center# This bearing block designed to support the intermediate portion of a stem carrying the accelerator pedal. This stern is longitudinally adjustable, it being composed of two telescopically connected sections 17 and `18, the tor nier being tubular to receive `the latter.

To the lower end of the tubular stem 17 is litted a hinge knuckle 19 through which passes a pivot bolt 20 carried by a horizontal yoke 21. The knuckle seats between `the yoke branches and is adjustable in the direction of the length of the yoke so that the accelerator pedal may be set forward or rean ward with respect to the' driversseat. The yoke branches have a seriesiof apertures 22 torthc bolt 2O to permit Vthis ad]ustment to be made` 0n the outer faces of the yoke branches `are retaining flanges 23- for the head and. the fastening nut of the bolt. 'libe yoke is at the bottom ofa bracket 2,4 secured to the bottoni of the car floor 10 and depend ing therefrom. l i

The opening in the block 15 is covered at the bottom by a slide 25 having an aperture Onthe upper end of the stem. 1s screwet a collar 527 which is shaped. to tit in any one of 'the opcmings 16, and has a shoulder 28 engaging the top of the block 15. The rod 17 may be swung about the pivotbolt 9,0, forward or rearward, to enable the collar 2i to be placed in. anyone of the openings 16. Fig. 3 shows the collar in the center opening. Il the accelerator pedal iste be usted lion untilit is free of the center Vopening,-and it 'is then moved. forward or Area'irn/"ard. to the i ward or rearward, the collar is unscrewed j the other openings are brought inline with the collar. ,The rod 17 therefore has a lWide range of adjustment, thas-aine being'eiected. by swinging the same forward or rearward as just described, and also by bodily moving the rod forwardI or rearWard,jthe latter adjustment being effected b'y'changing the location of thepivot bolt 20 as hereinbefore described. 4 K v The stern 18 extends through the collar A'27 and rises a suitable distance-troni the `top thereof, it being locked inthe tubular stem A1.7 by., a sctscrew 29 vthreaded through the collai. The-stem 1,8 has annular grooves 2 9 recelving the inner end of' the set screw.

The upper end of the'stexn 17 has an internal lu '30 seating in a longitudinal yroove le stein 18, whereby the latter is held f .against turning in the stem '17.

The; accelerar pedal is indicate at 32 it' being mounted onthe upper end of the stem 18, above the fioor110. The al has adjustable toe and heel ortion's and 34,

res ectively, the'former aving side flanges ndp the latter havinga rear mar 1 heelengaging' iiange, to revent the drivers foot Ifrom' slipping oil t e pedal. The toe and bottom ci the d d passing t roug sai partsto provi e a pivvotalconnection between the pedal 82 andheel extension may also be rubber ads.

On t e upper end of the stem 18 is a hinge lmuckle 35 .which seats' between two laterally-spaced ears 36 extendi from the dal 32, with a pivot pin 87 the stem 18 Two sets of ears 36 are provided-.s that the fulcrum point or pivot of the pedal ma be shifted closer orfarther from the hee of the pedal.

` portion thereof.

'held fixed thereon in adjusted.,

From the knuckle 35 extends .an arm 88 to which is connected one end ofv av coiled spring l39 havinf'its other end connected to the bottom o -On the bottom'of the toe portion o f the Indal'is mounted a 4Q extending longitudinally and supporting "'a sleeve' 41, the latter being adjustableV along the. r

a set screw 42. To this sleeve .is pivotall connected, asi indicated at 43, 'a rod whic is` composed cttwo adjilstably connected @asians 44 'and 45,' held-lacked in limitedZ l position by al set'screw'46. vThisrotfisconnected tothe throttle, and the latter is theref -fore operated by the pedal 3 2, the throttle being opened 4v'vhen theV toeportionof 'the pedalV is depressed.. In order to revent the l j throttle .from being opened too ar, the 'rod section 44 carries anadjustable stop collar'l 47 located yabove thetloor to stop. the pedal when said lcollar strikes the door plate I 13.` The rod 4`4passes throughtheoor @the throttle, the spring 391s A:str tchdi @d pressure 0n. the pedal is i'eleasedgfjsaidl spring swings the 1 5s' pedal upward and: glaces' it againfm its .nor- .1 t

opening 12 and through the corresponding opening in the door plate, When the vpedal32 is depressed to lopen thatv when the' :downward mal position. In ie'position, the is down at itsheelend and up at and it is held in th1s..posit1on by the spring, and the pedal may nowbe usedl as a footrrest without dangerof operating .the throttle; 'as

tive downward pressure at theme fa ain'st the tension of the efore ythe pedal wllljtilt provided 'withl" the pedal sagit die heel f ger of the foot being jarrd on rough roads to perate the pedal andl disturb the throttle adjustment. The collar 47 prevents the throttle from bein ,o ened too far and lim- -its the speed at w icl; the car maybe run, so that there is no danger o'f an inexperienced driver running thecar at an excessive speed, or racin the engine when starting or stopping. T e arm 38 carries an adjustable stop 48 to limit the downward swing. of the heel end of th'e pedal 32, .said stop being located beneath the pedal so that the latter strikes the same when .it is pulled back by the spring 39. The stop may be a set .screw as shown.

The stop collar 47 is fixed on the rod Sections 44 and 45 may be set to extend at different angles with respect tothe vfioorplate 13, the-sto 4collar has a section 47 which is adjvustab ef so that it may squarely engage the floor nlate 13 in the various 'positions of the rod sections. .Theconnection between the stop collar sections is made by a pin and slot .as vshown in Figs. 1 and 4. The bottom of the collar section '47 has a rubber cush- `ion 47".

One end ofthe bolt has a head 49 which sea'ts'under the flanges 23 on one side of the et" oke 21, and on the other end of the bolt f mounted a nut 50 which is so constructed that it is held against turning by the dan es on the corresponding. side of vthe yo e. Vshown inFig.4 6, the nut seats partly ybe-. 'neath the flanges 23 and has a reduced por-A tionOwhich is` square in cross-section and -ioo fitsl between the flanges, whereby the nut is prevented from turning. The head -49 of "the bolt has at .its outerendfa reducedl squaredl portion 49 which fits between the ing. The bolt head is spaced av sufficient distancefrom the side of the yoke so that the bolt may be movedinward toward said side, :against the tension of a spring 51 coiled around the shank-'of the bolt between the side of the yoke and thebase or inner side flanges 23 and prevents the bolt from turnof the-bolt head. The outer end of the reduced ortion '49Il lof the bolt head has a nick" 49. lfor the application off. a `Screwdriver to facilitate the turning of the bolt.'

v.threadec'l to receives, threaded acting from thisend` ofthe bolt' and hav. .ing at its outer end a transverse or T-sha direction of its length so that the .Thead thereof may project more orless from thc end of the bolt,' and it is held Iin adjusted *position by a flatspring 53 fixed in a notch ,1 n. the side 'of the e bolt and having atj its l' .f re'e end a laterally projecting portion which is forked, :Ls-shown. it-535 to straddle .the shhnk 52 head 52?. The Stein is adjustable in the V immediately back of the T -head,'

That-end of the ,bo`1t'20 which carries the nut 4 50 has an axial bore which is -screw, stem 52 prothis portion of the shank being squared. Thus it, will he seen that the spring prevents rotation ofthe shank 52, and upon lexing the spring outward to disengage the Same 5 from the shank, the latter may he turned to space its T'-hend a proper distance from the end olf the holt shank.

'lhc nut 50.*has a recess 54 extending inward from ,its hase and continued through the outer end7 said recess being din'mnsioned to receive.llie'T-liead 52, and the outer face ot the nut having a cross slot 5st in which the T-head is adapted to seat. The recess 5l also houses a coiled spring' 55 agiilnst which the end of the boli'. shank il() is adapted to sont.

To discngage theholt 2() from the nut 50, the bolt is pus lcd inward agalnst the tension ol' the spring 5]. until the Thani-52 is clear of the cross slot 54:, after which the holt is turned to bring the T-hcad incline with ,the recess 54. 'A reversal o' this operation couples the nut to the holt. rlhe bolt head 1li) 1s elongated, its longer dimensions hein such that it fits under the flanges 23, an

its shorter dimensions being such that it may lmss'hetween the flanges in order that the 1t may be withdrawn. The nut cannot be n-'ithdrawn from the lhniges 23, but is placed in position by being slipped under the flanges from one end thereon l; The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a support to which the pedal is pivoted intermediate its ends, a throttle connection attached to the toe end of the pedal, a spring connection between the support, and the heel end of the pedal,

tand a stop on the support positioned to be engaged by the heel end of the pedal.

2. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a. support to which the pedal is pivoted intermediate its ends, a throtl le connection attached to the toe end of '45 the pedal, a spring connection between the support and the heel end of the pedal, and an adjustable stop on the throttle connection for limiting the downward swing of the toe end of the pedal.

3. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a supportito which the pedal isipirotcd intermediate its ends, a throttle connection attached to the toe end of thc pedal, said attachment bein 1 adjustable in the direction of the lengt of the pedal, and a spring connection between the support and the heel end of the pedal.

4. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a slniport to which the pedal is pivot-ed intermediate its ends, a throttle connection attached tothe toe end of the pedal, said connection having longitudinally adjustable sections, and a sprin connection between the support and the hee end of the pedal.

5. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a stem to 4which the pedal is connected, said stem being composed of longitudinally adjustablersections, a support for the stem, and a throttle connection attached to the pedal, said connection having longitudinally adjustable sections.

(i. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a stern to which the pedal is pivoted, a throttle connection attached to the pedal, a support to which the stem is pivoted at its lower end, and an adjustable holding means for the intermediate portion of the stem.

The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a stem to which the pedal is pivoted, a throttle connection attached to the pedal, a support to which. the stem is pivoted at its lower end, andan adjustable holding means for the intermediate portion of the stem, said holding means comprising a collar carried by the stem, and an apertured member to receive and collar.

8. The combination of an accelerator pedal for motor vehicles, a. stem to which the ,pedal is pivoted, a throttle 'connection attached to the pedal, a horizontal support to which the lower end of the stem is attached ndjnstably in the direction of the length thereof, and an adjustable holding means for the intcrniediate portion of the stem.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

TORVAL J. ANDERSON.

hold the- 

